State joint-stock company “Latvian Railway. Museum of the History of the Latvian Railway Train Latvia from the 90s

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LATVIAN RAILWAY - State joint-stock company "Latvijas dzelzcels" (1993), formed on the basis of part of the Baltic Railway within the territory of the Republic of Latvia. Road management in Riga. It is a member of OSJD (code LDZ).

Road map

Technical specifications

The operational length of the road (01/01/2000) is 2412.9 km. The road includes the Infrastructure Department, which has 3 track distances, 3 communication and signaling distances (combined power supply distances and communication and signaling distances), 2 track machine stations, as well as a rail welding train and a track repair plant. The road borders a nearby railway station. d.: Estonian, Oktyabrskaya, Belarusian, Lithuanian; serves 3 sea trade ports (Riga, Ventspils, Liepaja). There are 171 stations on the road, the main ones of which have developed tracks, including freight stations - Ventspils, Liepaja, Riga-Krasta, Riga-Prechu-II, Mangali, Ziemelblazma and Bolderaja, etc.; sorting - Daugavpils and Shkirotava; district stations - Rezekne and Jelgava, as well as 6 junction stations.

The developed length of the main tracks is 2702.7 km; wide gauge 1520 mm has a track length of 2379.5 km, narrow gauge G50 mm) - 33.4 km; The length of the continuous track is 1616 km. 3,987 turnouts were laid, including 2,754 equipped with electrical centralization. Automatic blocking, including dispatch centralization, is used on 1,046.1 km of track. The operational length of the electrified sections is approx. 258 km. The traction rolling stock includes diesel locomotives (261 units), diesel trains (50 sections), electric trains (141 sections). Passengers are transported by long-distance cars (272 units), electric train cars (293 units), and diesel train cars (155 units). The freight wagon fleet operates 7,878 wagons. The main rails used on the route are P65 (2530 km), P50 (747 km), as well as P43 (358 km) and 60E1 (40 km).

Performance characteristics

In 1999, the road provided 37.6% of the country's total freight traffic and 13% of the total passenger traffic. The road is an important link in the overall transport infrastructure of Latvia, serving as a trade and transport bridge between East and West, connecting Latvian ports with transit business partners - Russia, Belarus, Lithuania and Estonia. Due to the favorable geographical position of the Latvian Railway, transit traffic is predominant. In 1999, they accounted for 78.4% of total traffic. The main ones are transit freight traffic in the direction of ports: 16.8 million tons were transported through the port of Ventspils in 1999 (64.5% of all transit cargo on the road). Freight turnover amounted to 12,210 million t-km, the volume of transported cargo was 33,208 thousand tons. The structure of freight transportation includes: oil, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, timber cargo, sugar, grain. The number of passengers transported amounted to 24,862 thousand people; incl. in international traffic 740 thousand, local 1619 thousand. in suburban traffic 22503 thousand passengers. Passenger turnover amounted to 984 million passenger-km. The average local speed of passenger trains (excluding diesel and electric trains) is 56.1 km/h; the average local speed of freight trains is 33.8 km/h.

There are enterprises producing railways on the road. technique. In Riga, the company VAE-Riga produces turnouts; RRA company - modernization and production of diesel and electric trains. A joint stock company “Locomotive” has been established in Daugavpils for the repair and modernization of rolling stock.

Story

The railway network in Latvia began to be created in the mid-19th century. The first rail track, 164 km long, was laid in 1860 on the Abrene - Dinaburg (Pytalovo - Daugavpils) section as an integral part of the St. Petersburg - Warsaw railway. The first major railway line in Latvia was the Rigo-Dinaburg railway, 232.5 km long, opened in 1861 and connected in 1862 with the St. Petersburg-Warsaw railway. In 1866 the Daugavpils - Vitebsk line was built; in 1868 Riga - Jelgava. In the 70s the lines Liepaja - Romny were laid; Daugavpils - Radviliskis and Jelgava - Mazeikiai; Riga - Tukums; in 1889 railway connected Riga with Pskov; in 1901 - 1904 railway section built between Moscow and Ventspils. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, construction of narrow gauge lines was carried out in Latvia. Later, thanks to the development of other modes of transport and due to low profitability, narrow-gauge railways were partially transferred to broad gauge and partially liquidated. Operating narrow gauge railway preserved only in the Gulbene-Aluksne section. After World War I, railway management passed to the Latvian state. The Supreme Board of Latvian Railways was established on August 5, 1919. This day is considered the birthday of the Latvian Railway. In the 20s intensive construction of new railways was carried out. lines (373 km broad gauge, 332 km narrow gauge). rolling stock was produced - locomotives, cars. In the first years after World War II, the destroyed railway was restored. farms. In 1953, the Latvian Railway became part of the Baltic Railway. which also included the Lithuanian and Estonian railways. In 1963, the Baltic Railway was created with its Administration in Riga.

In 1950 the first electrified line Riga - Dubulti. In subsequent years, other suburban sections of Riga were electrified: Dubulti-Tukums, Riga-Jelgava, Riga-Aizkraukle, Riga-Skulte. Reconstruction of the railway was carried out. tracks with heavy-duty rails laid on reinforced concrete sleepers and crushed stone ballast; 35% of the total length of the main tracks was a continuous track; the second tracks were intensively built. Junctions and stations were reconstructed, tracks were lengthened and station parks were equipped with signaling and communications equipment. At large stations, automatic blocking, electrical centralization, electronic computer technology, and telemechanics were used in the system of train formation and organization of train movement.

With the creation in 1993 of a state joint-stock company with the aim of adapting the railway. transport to work in a market economy, the restructuring of the railway has begun. A legal framework has been created that meets the requirements of the European Union directives in the field of transport, which determine the separation of railway infrastructure from its commercial activities, transportation, infrastructure, rolling stock, passenger transport, and real estate.

International transportation and tariffs

The state joint-stock company “Latvijas Dzelzcels” is an associated member of the Railway Transport Council of the CIS, Baltic and Bulgarian countries, represents Latvia in the International Organization of Railway Congresses (IRCA), and is a member of the International Organization for Cooperation of Police and Railway Security Services (COLPOFER).

Specialists with secondary education are trained for the road at the Riga Railway School and the Latgale Transport College (Daugavpils), higher education can be obtained at the Institute of Railway Transport of the Riga Technical University. Further improvement of the level of education of Latvian Railway employees is carried out by the Railway Training Center, established in 1997.

There are railways on the road. public organizations: Society of Railway Workers of Latvia (founded by the International Association of Railway Workers), Engineering and Technical Society of Railway Workers of Latvia; The Latvian Railway History Museum was organized.

Information Technology

There is an information and computing center (ICC) on the road, equipped with a machine complex based on an IBM 9672-R14 computer and personal computers (about 1000 in total) installed at different points on the road. Automated control systems for freight transportation ASOUP and passenger transportation “Express-2” are in operation, which interact with similar railway systems. other states, as well as local systems: a system for accounting for income from freight transportation, a financial and accounting system, etc. In 1995-2000. The information systems infrastructure was modernized (central database servers and teletypes on personal computers were replaced), optical communication lines were laid on the main freight routes. 14 main and 5 technical stations and approx. Top 150 Freight Management Jobs. Automated workstations (AWS) have been created, incl. commodity cashier, at the technical inspection point, intelligent ASOUP terminals, etc.

crushed stone cleaning machines

Investment program for 1997-2010. provides for the allocation of capital investments for the development of railways. infrastructure in the amount of more than 270 million US dollars until 2005. Approximately 90% of investments are intended for the development of transport railways. corridors. It is planned to increase the capacity of large railways. nodes, modernization of the telecommunications network and automated train traffic control system. It is planned to attract funds from the ISPA Fund of the European Union. In order to implement the project “Reconstruction of the East-West Railway Transit Corridor,” a Loan Agreement was signed in 1998 with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank. The implementation of this project is also provided for by the National Transport Development Program for the period until 2010, developed by the Ministry of Transport of Latvia.

Literature

• The Rigo-Dinaburg road is 130 years old. Historical essay Compiled by J. L. Vanags, Latvian railway, DCSTI. Riga, 1991.

Latvian Railway is the national state railway company of Latvia. Founded in 1919 and restored in 1994 on the basis of the Latvian part of the Baltic Railway.
Concern Latvijas dzelzceļš (Latvian Railway - LDz) is one of the largest in the country.
The company employs more than 11,600 people. LDz is one of the largest payers of social tax and personal income tax to the state budget,
which through its economic activities makes a significant contribution to the national economy of the country.
Chairman of the Board - Ugis Magonis(from 2005 to 2015)

Chairman of the Board - Edvin Berzins(since 2016)


Company website: www.ldz.lv
Unofficial stranger on VKontakte http://vk.com/public_ldz
Company `s logo.


Subsidiaries of the Latvian Railways
LLC LDz Cargo-carries out cargo transportation by rail.
LLC LDz Ritošā sastāva serviss-carries out all types of rolling stock repairs, maintenance and equipment, stores and sells fuel for railway carriers.
LLC LDz infrastruktūra- engaged in the restoration and construction of rail tracks, as well as rail welding work.
LLC LDz Apsardze-offers security services - protects the facilities of State Joint Stock Company Latvijas dzelzceļš and related companies.
JSC LatRailNet-distribution of railway infrastructure capacity and determination of infrastructure fees.

Private railway companies in Latvia.
VAS Pasažieru vilciens(Passenger train)
A/S Baltijas Tranzīta serviss
A/S Baltijas Ekspresis
SIA Gulbenes Alūksnes bānītis
SIA "L-Ekspresis"

Map of the Latvian Railway

Locomotive depots of the Latvian Railways
Riga
Daugavpils(LLC LDz Ritošā sastāva serviss)
Rezekne(working depot)
Ventspils(A/S Baltijas Ekspresis)
Jelgava(workshop closed)
Gulbene(SIA Gulbenes Alūksnes bānītis)
Zasulauks(A/S "VRC Zasulauks")